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TOWNSEND v. STATE

S21A0997.

862 S.E.2d 304 (2021)

TOWNSEND v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: August 10, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua Joseph Smith , P.O. Box 458, Dalton, Georgia 30721, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, William C. Enfinger , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Herbert McIntosh Poston, Jr. , District Attorney, Conasauga Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, P. O. Box 1086, Dalton, Georgia 30722-1086, for Appellee.

Appellant Brandon Townsend was convicted of two counts of malice murder in connection with the deaths of Krystal Spainhour and Judy Potts. He appeals, arguing only that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by not requesting a jury instruction on voluntary manslaughter as a lesser offense. Because Appellant has...

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